• Detroit Mayor Bing Won't Try to Block Emergency Financial Manager
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   March 7, 2013
• Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday he won't contest Gov. Rick Snyder's decision to appoint an emergency financial manager for the devastated city he leads, saying the City Council can appeal if it wants to, but it's "a fight we cannot win."
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• Historic School-Funding Case Heads to Colorado Supreme Court
• Source: Denver Post   |   Colorado   |   March 7, 2013
• The suit alleges the state's current school-funding system fails to provide a "thorough and uniform" system of education as outlined in the Colorado Constitution.

• Government Technology Names Top 25 Innovators
• Source: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   March 7, 2013
• Governing's sister publication recognize the hardest working and most innovative individuals in the public sector.
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• After Newtown, States Go Different Directions on School Safety
• BY: Stateline   |   Nation   |   March 6, 2013
• States have pursued a variety of proposals on school safety in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings.

• Minneapolis May Make it More Expensive to Run for Mayor Than Governor
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Minneapolis   |   March 6, 2013
• The city is considering raising the fee to discourage frivolous candidates, but critics say it could dampen the spirit of democracy.

• Los Angeles Mayoral Race Headed to May Runoff
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Los Angeles   |   March 6, 2013
• Two veterans of Los Angeles politics, Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel, pushed ahead of six other candidates in initial election returns Tuesday and appeared to be well-positioned to advance to a May runoff to become the city's next mayor.

• In L.A. School Board Race, 2 Backers of Superintendent in the Lead
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Los Angeles   |   March 6, 2013
• In a school board election that attracted national money and attention as a referendum on the reform policies of Supt. John Deasy, candidates who favored his agenda were leading in two of three races.

• Odd Allies Join Forces to Fight Municipal Bond Taxes
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   March 6, 2013
• The push for reliable roads and bridges is bringing together a strange-bedfellows coalition: not only cities and counties whose economies rely on such projects but also soybean farmers, truckers and state transit advocates.

• Cory Booker Reflects on Newark's Recent Improvements in State of the City
• Source: Newark Star-Ledger   |   Newark, N.J.   |   March 6, 2013
• It was Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s second-to-last State of the City address, but could easily have been the first campaign speech of his 2014 U.S. Senate run.

• Preschool Expansion Bill Dies in Utah
• Source: Salt Lake Tribune   |   Utah   |   March 6, 2013
• Republican senators killed a bill that would have expanded preschool for at-risk Utah children — criticizing technical aspects of the proposal rather than focusing on the longtime conservative argument that young children belong at home.

• Roadkill May be Added to Menus in Montana
• Source: Bloomberg   |   Montana   |   March 6, 2013
• If a bill being considered in the legislature becomes law, Montana would join Colorado, Florida, Illinois, West Virginia, Georgia and a handful of other states in allowing residents to turn roadkill into dinner.
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• North Carolina, with High Infant Mortality, Seeks to Ease Midwives' Restrictions
• BY: McClatchy News   |   North Carolina   |   March 5, 2013
• Three bills coming before the General Assembly this session would expand the ability of midwives to care for women during pregnancy and childbirth in North Carolina, where infant mortality and maternal death rates are some of the highest in the country.

• Pension Transparency Fight Brewing on Capitol Hill
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   Nation   |   March 5, 2013
• Public pension managers are gearing up for another battle against what they say would be costly -- and unnecessary -- accounting disclosure requirements being floated on Capitol Hill even as new disclosure rules take effect this summer.
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• Filmmakers and Police May Get Exempt from New York's Assault Weapons Ban
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   New York   |   March 5, 2013
• The nation's toughest gun control law hasn't taken full effect, but New York state lawmakers are considering tweaking the restrictions.
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• Civil Rights Groups Plan Pushback to Emergency Manager in Detroit
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   March 5, 2013
• Detroit community leaders and civil rights activists said Monday they are gearing up for a showdown with the state over Gov. Rick Snyder's expected appointment of an emergency financial manager to oversee the city's financial crisis.
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